Rest of his films range from very good ('The New World'), great('Badlands') to outstanding ('The Thin Red Line', 'Days of Heaven' and 'The Tree of Life'). Of his previous films, 'To the Wonder' was the only one that left me indifferent, though it was more a mixed feelings film than dislike or hate.
Terrence Malick is one of those directors appreciated very highly by me. Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 5 / 10 Visual beauty, narrative tedium Perhaps not a film for everyone, but for those who wish to expand their visual and philosophical horizons, set sail with Knight of Cups. The magnificent cinematography is by Emmanuel Lubecki and the musical score montage is credited to Hanan Townshend. The cast, even if through very brief appearances, is uniformly excellent – Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Brian Dennehy, Natalie Portman, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Wes Bentley, Imogen Poots, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Cherry Jones, Jason Clarke, and too many others to credit. Nobody's home.' All those years, living the life of someone I didn't even know.' 'No one cares about reality anymore.' The pieces of your life never to come together, just splashed out there.' And there are many memorable lines – 'You live in a little fantasy world, don't you?' 'Treat this world as it deserves, there are no principles, just circumstances. The dialogue counts: Joseph (Brian Dennehy) is the main character Rick's father and states 'You think when you reach a certain age things will start making sense, and you find out that you are just as lost as you were before. The dialogue is mostly off camera (with notable exceptions) and offers some sensitive philosophical notes that accompany the photography and the essentially classical music score that illuminates the film. Drinking it, he forgot he was the son of a king, forgot about the pearl and fell into a deep sleep.' The sections of the film are named according to Tarot Cards. But when the prince arrived, the people poured him a cup.
KNIGHT OF CUPS SERIES
Try to piece together a definition of the story and it comes in two levels: 1) 'A 30 year old writer (Rick – Christian Bale) indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas has to offer undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women.' And 2) A fable – 'Once there was a young prince whose father, the king of the East, sent him down into Egypt to find a pearl.
His films are an expression of a philosophy that the mind constructs all the input the eyes see and the body feels and while it may not make a story that is easy to follow (is there really anything to follow in any of his films?) it provides a unique experience that requires the viewer to relinquish expectations of storytelling and simply sail through the visual magnificence of the images Malick places on the screen and populates with enough characters to offer a hand during the journey he has shared. They are art pieces: not all art appeals to everyone.
Writer/director Terrence Malick is Terrence Malick and either you relate to his films or avoid them. Reviewed by gradyharp 9 / 10 'All those years, living the life of someone I didn't even know.'
KNIGHT OF CUPS PLUS
The film is divided into eight chapters (each named after a tarot card, except for the final chapter Freedom), plus a prologue, each loosely based around the central character's relationship with somebody in his life. Women provide a distraction to the daily pain he must endure, and every encounter that comes his way brings him closer to finding his place in the world. Haunted by the death of one brother and the dire circumstances of the other, he finds temporary solace in the Hollywood excess that defines his existence. While he's successful in his career, his life feels empty.
Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles, California.
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